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Raven Software Sees Layoffs

Developer Raven Software has confirmed with Shacknews today that layoffs have occurred at the Middleton, Wisconsin company. According to the Raven rep, "With the recent completion of both Wolverine, based on the summer blockbuster movie, and Wolfenstein, the next chapter of the famed franchise, Raven Software is slightly reducing its workforce to better reflect the studio's upcoming slate." This follows the allegations of a few Shacknews tipsters that number the layoffs around 30-40 people. Raven Software's current title in development is Singularity, scheduled to ship March of next year.

Tyler says: Wolverine and Wolfenstein are not bad games. In fact, I'd argue that the Wolverine game was better that its silver-screen counterpart. So with that in mind, it's a bummer to hear that talented people are out of a job today. To be fair, these types of layoffs do tend to occur after one, or a few, big games are shipped by smaller devs. I just hope the folks at Raven saw this coming, and had time to polish their resumes.